Early aircraft axel design caused accidents ... Full video: https://buff.ly/3wo8gTU The landing gear system on this airplane was part of the early design features of the first 20-25 Alexanders they built. They had a solid axle, it was called a straight axle, and the high-pressure tires. One of the problems they ran into, as you well know, is in those days, there weren't paved runways, not until the mid '30s or so. Al Mooney saw this as a problem. They'd had a couple of reports of airplanes and f